Battle

I love you

Confused, she walked up to her front door and opened it. A very angry Steve was stood in front of her.

"Steve?" she asked confused.

"Why the hell did you resign?!" he yelled.
Before she could say anything his eyes roamed around her apartment and saw the suitcase on her coffee table.
"You're leaving?" He asked marching pass her, bumping her shoulder causing her to stumble back.

"Steve...you should leave" Ayana stated softly trying to calm him down.

"Where the hell you think you're going?!" He shouted.

Without paying any mind to her, he walked over to the suitcase and started throwing her clothes out.

"Steve! Stop it!"

"Are you out of your mind?!" She yelled.

Not caring, he continued.

Her clothes were flying everywhere.

She tried stopping him but he's way too strong.

"God Steve! Stop it!"

She pushed him hard with her full body force causing him to stumble back and drop on her couch. They were both panting. He looked up at her through his lashes. He looked frustrated and angry. His chest was rising and falling rapidly. Looking at him made all the butterflies in her stomach go wild. She could never control herself around him. Letting her desire take over, she climbed on top of him straddling his lap and kissed him catching him off guard. But he quickly caught on and kissed her back.

As the kiss grew deeper and hotter, Steve snapped back to reality and pulled away quickly "No..no no no. Not again!" He pushed her away slowly. Her brows furrowed and she looked flustered. "One moment you're all over me, and the next you're pushing me away. What the hell is going on?!"

She kept silent for a moment before getting off of him and walking into her room. He was confused. A few minutes later she came back and handed him her journal holding back her tears. His brows furrowed, but he took it from her anyway. When he opened the journal to the first page, a smile appeared on his lips looking at a photograph of a baby which he assumed was Ayana. Ayana felt her heart beat quicken. She quickly grabbed her coat and walked out the door. She didn't need his pity. She just needed him to know her. 

He spent few hours reading everything patiently. His heart broke a little when he got to the part with James in it. It was clear that she loved this man deeply. Without him realizing, tears rolled down his cheeks when he read about her struggle to move on from losing the people she loved the most and how much she relied on alcohol and harmed herself. He turned to the next page and saw his own name with nothing written after that. He closed the journal shut and ran his hands on his face and hair.

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The sun was setting and Ayana returned to her apartment. He was not there. Her apartment was dark. All her clothes were folded neatly into the suitcase with her journal resting on it. Her heart broke a little. Wiping her tears away, she grabbed her suitcase and left.

Days passed with nothing from Steve.

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"Ms Shivam, good to see you again" Mr Stark extended his hand

"You too, Mr Stark" Ayana shook his hand with a smile.

"Shall we begin?" He asked gesturing to meeting room.

"Yes please" she replied.

After about half an hour, they walked out of the meeting room.

"Although I was a little disappointed previously, you definitely are something and I'm curious to see what you can bring to the table" Mr Stark stated.